Tomorrow across the country, those fed up with the relationship between law enforcement and people of color will come together to rally against unjust police violence. The #SHUTDOWNA14 movment will happen in almost 30 cities across the country tomorrow, with the promise of “disrupting business as usual.”
“April 14 is focused on stopping police murder because police terror criminalizes black and Latino youth – that is if they can survive to prove they are innocent,” longtime activist and Stop Mass Incarceration co-founder Carl Dix tells NewsOne.
“We are going to be acting to disrupt business as usual,” explains Dix. “Because business as usual gives police a green light to kill Black and Latino youth. We march while the killings continue and people are accepting them. We want to take the energy and spirit of Ferguson and take that even higher.”
Dix will join artists, clergy, activists, and family members of those killed by police at Union Square in New York City at 2pm.
Other prominent voices in support of the #SHUTDOWNA14 protest include academic and activist Dr. Cornell West, writer Alice Walker, Vagina Monologues creator Eve Ensler, Rev. Calvin O. Butts of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, jazz musician Arturo O’Farrill, actress Jasmine Guy, and rapper Jasiri X.
“We are unapologetic about our love of our young people, our precious people, our middle aged people, our older people [pointing at faces of people murdered by police],” says West. “And when you love folk, you hate the fact that they’ve been treated unjustly. That’s why we’re here. That’s why we’re gonna march on April 14. Oh yes. I don’t care what color you are. How deep is your love for the young people?”
Alice Walker also lent her support via a statement: “I expect to see you out there, somewhere, wherever you are, on April14. When you go out on April 14th, you will see that you are creating – as you have done before, and all of your ancestors and older people have done – you are creating a community of resistance. This is the essence of what we need to have now.”
For more information, and to find marches in your city, log onto stopincarceration.net
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Cornell West, Alice Walker, Jasmine Guy Support March Against Police Murder was originally published on newsone.com
